diff --git a/scripts/windows-smoke.mjs b/scripts/windows-smoke.mjs
index c2b5636..2f08e1a 100644
--- a/scripts/windows-smoke.mjs
+++ b/scripts/windows-smoke.mjs
@@ -406,11 +406,16 @@ record(
   try {
     await page.evaluate(([k, f]) => localStorage.setItem(k, JSON.stringify(f)), [KEY, fake]);
     await page.reload();
-    const moved = await until(async () => {
+    // Step 2 mirrors the tokens, reads them back to verify, and only then strips
+    // them from localStorage, all in the same boot. Wait for the strip rather
+    // than stopping at the first "mirrored" sighting (that in-between state made
+    // a step-2 build look like a step-1 one).
+    const stripped = await until(async () => {
       const st = await state();
-      return st.tokensIn === 'keychain' || (st.blobHasToken && st.kcToken === fake.accessToken) ? st : undefined;
+      return st.tokensIn === 'keychain' ? st : undefined;
     }, 30_000);
-    if (moved && moved.tokensIn !== 'keychain') {
+    const moved = stripped ?? (await state());
+    if (!stripped && moved.blobHasToken && moved.kcToken === fake.accessToken) {
       record(name, 'n/a', 'build mirrors the tokens but keeps them in localStorage (before step 2)');
     } else {
       await page.reload();